MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will look to avoid a rare series whitewash at home when they meet New Zealand in the third and final test of the series in Mumbai from Friday and head coach Gautam Gambhir said his team had to rise to the challenge. New Zealand tormented the hosts with pace and beat …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The fast-bowling duo of Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen were both included in South Africa’s 16-man squad for the four-match T20 series against India, scheduled for Nov. 8-15, Cricket South Africa announced on Thursday. The pair return after injury lay-offs with Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj and David Miller also back in the …
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By David Ljunggren and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s deepening dispute with India over its alleged campaign of violence against Sikhs in Canada could intensify Indian-based cyber espionage and hold back immigration, but analysts and experts see no immediate impact on trade. Concern about a widening rift between the two countries comes after …
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(Reuters) -Canada alleged on Tuesday that Amit Shah, India’s interior minister and the chief aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was behind plots to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. The allegation follows Canada’s expulsion this month of six Indian diplomats it has linked to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla have made a brief stopover in India following their recent trip to Australia and Samoa, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday, staying at a holistic health centre they have visited before. Charles, 75, and Camilla made the private visit on their way back from his recent …
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By Krishna N. Das and Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s interior minister Amit Shah, accused by Canada of being behind plots to target Sikh separatists in that country, has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest aide for decades and is widely seen as his hard-nosed alter ego and potential successor. Shah’s office and …
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By Nikunj Ohri and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government is considering expanded measures to allow greater flexibility for strategic foreign investors to buy stakes in local companies after offshore investment slumped to a five-year low, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. Policymakers are looking at the option of …
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s chances of delivering a famous series whitewash in India will depend on how well they adapt to the Mumbai pitch, coach Gary Stead said. The tourists thrashed India by eight wickets in the series opener in Bengaluru before winning the second match in Pune by 113 runs on Saturday, ending their …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Fireworks set off during celebrations for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, could further worsen air quality in the Indian capital this week, officials said on Tuesday, offsetting a reduction in burning of farm waste in nearby states. Rated the world’s most polluted capital by Swiss group IQAir …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – A rise in defaults by over-leveraged small borrowers is hitting India’s top lenders, with bank executives and analysts expecting higher levels of stress in the personal loans and micro-credit segments over the next year. The rise in defaults marks a turn in the credit cycle for Indian lenders, whose bad loans dropped …
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